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Article: Top Protestant in Northern Ireland rejects power-sharing offer from Sinn Fein enemies
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- May 22, 2006
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SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-22-2006
Dateline: BELFAST, Northern Ireland
The first attempt in years to revive a Catholic-Protestant adminstration for Northern Ireland failed Monday when Protestant leader Ian Paisley rejected a nomination from his Sinn Fein enemies.
Other parties dismissed the nomination as a Sinn Fein gesture designed to seize the moral high ground. But Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams vowed to keep challenging Paisley to say yes _ and said the Democratic Unionist firebrand would bear the blame if Britain gives up on the quest for a joint administration.
Paisley, whose party holds the key to power-sharing, said he would not lead an administration ...